GOLDEN ASS, THE (PC)

'The Golden Ass' is a unique and thoroughly entertaining Latin novel - the only such work to have survived in its entirely. It tells the story of Lucius, whose fascination with sex and magic results in his transformation into an ass. After sufferingmany trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the kindness of the golden Isis. Blending romantic adventure, fable, and religious testament, 'The Golden Ass' is one of the truly seminal books of European literature, of intrinsic interest as a novel in its own right, and one of the earliest examples of the picaresque. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, whilst reproducing all the exuberant gaiety of the original.